"Scientists have known about the Zanzibar red colobus monkey for 150 years, yet this is the first systematic study of this poorly understood species across its entire range," said Dr. Tim ...

Zanzibar red colobus monkeys are facing deforestation of their native home range and as a result are turning to raiding crops to get enough food. These foreign crops however have an unfortunate ...

"Scientists have known about the Zanzibar red colobus monkey for 150 years, yet this is the first systematic study of this poorly understood species across its entire range," said Dr. Tim ...

Across Africa, red colobus monkeys (Piliocolobus spp.) are threatened by hunting and loss of forest habitat. The presence of red colobus monkeys, whose range overlaps with that of three-quarters ...

Thigh-deep in mucky, black water, surrounded by razor-sharp-leaved oil palms and towering white ficus trunks, I searched a ground water forest in East Africa for the endangered Zanzibar red ...

After years of searching for a rare African primate, anthropologist Scott McGraw and his colleagues believed that the Miss Waldron's red colobus monkey, Procolobus badius waldroni, was probably ...

The chimps at Tanzania’s Gombe National Park annually wipe out one-fifth of the red colobus monkey […] Skip to content. All Sections. Subscribe Now. 66°F. Sunday, June 15th 2025 ...

Researchers who documented the extinction of "Miss Waldron's red colobus monkey", say it may be evidence of an extinction spasm that will soon affect other large animals in West Africa. The ...

Researchers report this month that red colobus monkeys in a park in western Uganda have been exposed to an unknown orthopoxvirus, a pathogen related to the viruses that cause smallpox, monkeypox ...

Researchers in Cameroon are aiming to use the red colobus monkey (Piliocolobus spp.) as both a standard-bearer for conservation and a barometer of forest health. Newsletters Games Share a News Tip.